Target-trap



(No Model.)

0. 0. HEBBARD.

TARGET TRAP.

No. 371,839. Patented 001:. 18, 1887.

PATENT CHARLES C. HEBBARD, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO.

TARG ET-T RAP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 371,839, dated October 18, 1887.

Application filed March 12, 1887. Serial No. 230,631.

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that 1, CHARLES (J. HEBBARD, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Cleveland, in the county of Guy-ahoga and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and 'useful Improvements in Target-Traps; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification, and in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved arm for a target-trap. Fig. 2 isaplan view of the same, showing the target in position in the arm; and Fig. 3 is aplan view of the under side of the arm.

Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

My invention has relation to that class of traps for throwing flying targets which are adapted to throw flat targets receiving a rotary motion when being thrown; and it contemplates certain improvements upon the trap for which Letters Patent N 0. 322,714 were granted to Albert H. Hebbard on the 21st day of July, 1885; and it consists to that end in the improvedconstruction and combination of parts of such a trap, as hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings,tl1e numeral 1 indicates the arm, which is suitably pivoted to the frame of the trap and provided with suitable means for swinging it with great power and rapidity, the said frame and mechanism being not shown in the drawings, as they form no part of my invention.

A V-shaped frame, 2, formed from sheet spring metal, is pivoted upon a screwbolt, 3, passing through the apex of the frame and through the end of the arm, the head of the bolt bearing against a coiled spring, 4, inserted upon the bolt between the head of the bolt and the frame and bearing sufficiently firmly on the frame t'o prevent its turning too freely upon the bolt. A stud or hook, 5, having an outwardly-bent end, is secured upon the upper side of the frame at the apex of the same, and a strip, 6, is secured to the upper ends of studs 7, projecting from the upper face of one (No model.)

arm of the frame at the edge of the same, the strip being in a plane parallel to the frame and at a distance above the same equal to the width of the rim of the target. The outer end of the other arm of the frame is formed with a transverse slot, 8, and a stud, 9, having a yielding sleeve, 10, revolving upon it, projects through this slot and slides in the same, extending from the end of an arm, 11, pivoted at its inner end near the apex of the frame upon the under side of the same. A rod, 12, is pivoted to this arm near the inner end of the same, and passes through an eye, 13, upon the under side of the opposite arm of the frame, and a spring, 15, is coiled around the rod, bearing against the eye and against a thumb nut,1t, fitting upon the screw-threaded outer end of the rod, the spring and rod and pivoted arm,with the yielding sleeve, accomplishing the same results and having the same functions as the corresponding parts in the former patent.-

Thetarget is placed with one portion of its rim under the strip and with the opposite side of its rim bearing against the yielding sleeve of the stud, and the inner edge of the target bears against the hooked stud, and it will be seen that when the arm is released and sprung revolving motion from the yielding sleeve,

which holds the rim of the target back while the other rim flies forward.

By making the frame of sheet spring metal I construct a cheap and durable frame for the trap and simplify the construction of the entire trap, as all parts of the frame may now be cut or stamped out of metal, there being no cast or hammered parts, which are difficult or expensive to make and liable to break.

The coiled spring bearing against the frame upon the pivotal bolt will prevent the frame from swinging forward until the arm stops, when the frame will be thrown forward and the target thrown out. 7

Having thus described my invention, I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States-- 1. In a trap for flying targets, the combina tion of a V-shaped frame of sheet spring metal pivoted to the throwing-arm at its apex, a strip secured above one arm of the frame in a plane parallel to the same,ahook,and a springaetuated stud provided with ayielding sleeve upon the other arm, as and for the purpose shown and set forth.

5 2. In a trap for flying targets, the oombination of the throwing-arm, a V-shaped frame pivoted upon the end of the said arm at its apex and having a coiled spring around the,

pivotal bolt bearing against the frame and I0 provided with a hooked stop at the apex, a strip secured upon studs at the edge of one of the arms of the frame in a plane parallel to the frame, an arm pivoted at the apex of the frame upon the under side of the same and 15 having a stud sliding in a transverse slot in the end of the arm of the frame, provided with a yielding pivoted roller, and a rod pivoted to the arm near its inner end and sliding through an eye upon the under side of the frame and having a coiled spring upon its 20 outer p0rti0n,and a thumb-nut bearing against the spring, as and for the purpose shown and set forth. 7

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereunto affixed my signature 25 in presence of two-witnesses.

CHARLES C. HEBBARD.

Witnesses:

FRANK W. WAGNER, J OI-IN C. WAGNER. 

